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== tar - Archive files ==

Examples:
*tar -cvf archive.tar files/: Create a new tar archive
*tar -xvf archive.tar: Extract files from a tar archive
*tar -czvf archive.tar.gz files/: Create a compressed tar archive
*tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz: Extract files from a compressed tar archive

== find - Search for files in a directory hierarchy ==

Examples:
*find /home -name "*.txt": Find all .txt files in /home
*find . -type d: Find all directories in current location
*find /var -size +10M: Find files larger than 10 MB in /var
*find /etc -mtime -7: Find files modified in the last 7 days in /etc

== Wildcard patterns:==

*: Match any number of characters
*?: Match any single character
*[abc]: Match any one character listed
*[!abc]: Match any one character not listed
*{.jpg,*.png}: Match multiple patterns

== dd - Convert and copy files ==

Examples:
*dd if=/dev/zero of=file.img bs=1M count=100: Create a 100 MB file
*dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb: Clone one disk to another

== gzip, gunzip - Compress or decompress files ==

Examples:
*gzip large_file.txt: Compress a file
*gunzip large_file.txt.gz: Decompress a gzip file

== bzip2 - Compress files using the Burrows-Wheeler block sorting algorithm ==

Examples:
*bzip2 huge_file.txt: Compress a file
*bzip2 -d huge_file.txt.bz2: Decompress a bzip2 file

== xz - Compress or decompress files using LZMA/LZMA2 compression==

Examples:
*xz big_file.txt: Compress a file
*xz -d big_file.txt.xz: Decompress an xz file